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No, I'm not kidding. I don't even with this fucking one.
A fully-uniformed Ohio sheriff's deputy (there's video -- there's no question, if you have working eyes and live in 'merica, that the guy is an actual cop. He's in a full, traditional-looking uniform with visible patches, badge, star, belt, gun, yada). who is also visibly black walked into an IRS office during business hours to inquire about a letter he'd received.
The white security guard in the office noticed that the on-duty cop (again, full uniform, belt, etc.), was carrying his service weapon. So the security guard told the cop that he could not bring a gun into the IRS offices (which in general seems reasonable, If the people enforcing that rule were of sound mind). The cop says that he cannot take off his weapon and like, leave it in his car as he's on duty and thus required to carry his service weapon on his person.
So the security guard pulls his gun and points it at the cop, who decides he'll just come back another time. The security guard follows the sheriff, as he's walking calmly to the elevator, with a loaded weapon drawn and pointed at the cop's back, then tries to apprehend him. The cop, I dunno how, remained calm, though he says he was fully expecting to be shot in the back any moment. Video!
Good for Ohio, the guy has been charged.
A fully-uniformed Ohio sheriff's deputy (there's video -- there's no question, if you have working eyes and live in 'merica, that the guy is an actual cop. He's in a full, traditional-looking uniform with visible patches, badge, star, belt, gun, yada). who is also visibly black walked into an IRS office during business hours to inquire about a letter he'd received.
The white security guard in the office noticed that the on-duty cop (again, full uniform, belt, etc.), was carrying his service weapon. So the security guard told the cop that he could not bring a gun into the IRS offices (which in general seems reasonable, If the people enforcing that rule were of sound mind). The cop says that he cannot take off his weapon and like, leave it in his car as he's on duty and thus required to carry his service weapon on his person.
So the security guard pulls his gun and points it at the cop, who decides he'll just come back another time. The security guard follows the sheriff, as he's walking calmly to the elevator, with a loaded weapon drawn and pointed at the cop's back, then tries to apprehend him. The cop, I dunno how, remained calm, though he says he was fully expecting to be shot in the back any moment. Video!
Good for Ohio, the guy has been charged.
A security guard has pleaded Not Guilty to one charge of aggravated menacing Monday in his first court appearance since he pulled a gun on a Lucas County Sheriff's Deputy at a local IRS office...
Deputy Gaston says the guard told him he needed to put his gun in his car. Gaston said he couldn't do that. The conversation ends with a gun pointed at the deputy's back. Gaston vividly remembers "that" moment.
"Basically preparing myself to be shot at that moment. Bracing for a shot in my back," said Gaston.
The whole thing caught on security cameras, as the guard follows deputy Gaston to the elevator with the gun out and it appears his finger very close to the trigger. The guard then tries to take Gaston into custody, once again with the gun drawn.
"There's really no way to know how you're going to act when there's a gun pointed at you and when you think you're going to lose your life," said Gaston.
Gaston works as a defensive tactics instructor. He says he felt the best way to de-escalate the situation was to walk away. Eventually, Toledo police arrived after getting a 911 call. But the caller from inside the IRS office never tells 911 the man with the gun is a uniformed deputy sheriff.
Gaston's biggest concern as this incident unfolded were the other people in the office.
"If I'm going to get shot, like I thought I was, it's not fair. They came in there to do their business," said Gaston.